National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Ellen L. Akin was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.
Sherman Winters was a janitor at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Lab (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
John C. Hofstede served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.
Charles Allen Thomas (1900-1982) was an American chemist and industrial leader. Thomas was recruited to join the Manhattan Project in 1942 by General Groves, who offered him a postion as a deputy to Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico.
Richard’s last name has been misspelled multiple times. Alternative spellings include “Kermadjian” (incorrectly recorded in a Roll Call for the 4617th MP Detachment) and “Karanedjian” (in the first volume of the Los Alamos Times, published March 15th, 1946).
